More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
"If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore."
"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus."